The relevance of Marxism to science is that it removes it from its imagined position of complete detachment and shows it as a part, but a critically important part, of economy and social development.
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John Desmond Bernal
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About John Desmond Bernal
John Desmond Bernal was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Bernal wrote popular books on science and society. He was a communist activist and a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB).
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by John Desmond BernalThe recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begu…
It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.
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